BLUE COAT PRE-SCHOOL UNIT AND BUSY BEES

Charity Number: 1092513
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We provide pre-school education for children aged 2 years to 4 years and out of school care for children who attend Blue Coat Primary School - aged 4 years to 11 years.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £275,341
Total expenditure: £301,580

Total income includes £126,839 from 5 government grant(s)

People

13 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Gloucestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 June 2002: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
John Hicks Chair 24 October 2024
None on record
Charlotte Edmonds Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Freya Eyley Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Gavin Tapsfield Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Emma Pardy Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Victoria Starling Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Carolyn Milner Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Rachel Vaughan Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
Howard Moore Trustee 22 November 2023
None on record
Jennifer Leary Trustee 22 November 2023
None on record
Esther Beeby Trustee 18 November 2020
None on record
Joanna Stansfield Trustee 18 November 2020
None on record
Joanna Jess Trustee 17 October 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £183.29k £123.98k £172.54k £244.30k £275.34k
Total expenditure £144.09k £111.52k £176.11k £247.40k £301.58k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £85.43k £82.50k £77.52k £122.92k £126.84k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 21 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 21 November 2024 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2023 08 February 2024 8 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 08 February 2024 8 days late
Annual return 31 March 2022 22 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 22 November 2022 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2021 03 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 03 December 2021 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2020 23 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 23 November 2020 On Time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2 MAY 2002 AS AMENDED ON 20 OCTOBER 2010. AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 04 NOV 2020

Charitable objects

THE AIM OF THE GROUP IS TO EMBODY THE VISION OF PATA THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ALSO OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY (VOLUNTARY MANAGED) GROUPS AND BY: (A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY (B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREA

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Contact information

Address:
Blue Coat Pre-School & Busy Bees
Symn Lane
WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
Gloucestershire
GL12 7BD
Phone:
01453525022
Email:
admin@bluecoatpreschoolbusybees.co.uk
Website:

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